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# St George's School

St George's School is a secondary academy in Harpenden, United Kingdom with 1,351 pupils, part of St George's School, Harpenden Academy Trust. As of 13 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Head of Finance (closes 7 December).

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. [1 live vacancy](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **Head:** Andy Ford, Headteacher
- **Trust or group:** St George's School, Harpenden Academy Trust
- **Type:** Academy, Secondary
- **Pupils:** 1,351 pupils · 49% girls · 4.3% eligible for free school meals · 20.0% with English as an additional language · 109 boarders — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 72 (5.3%) on SEN support · 29 (2.1%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Curriculum:** Cambridge
- **Local authority:** Hertfordshire
- **Location:** Harpenden, AL5 4TD, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01582765477
- **Website:** [stgeorges.herts.sch.uk](http://www.stgeorges.herts.sch.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 138356 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/138356))

## Vacancies (1)

- [Head of Finance](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/06o9726t0ef-head-of-finance) · Salary £53,804 to £57,046 a year · Closes 7 Dec · Full time · Administration and business · The Opportunity - Head of Finance St George’s School is seeking a dynamic and agile individual to lead and manage the delivery of our financial operations. This is an exciting…

## Exam results

| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 provisional | 65.6 | 85.3% |
| 2024/25 | 63.7 | 76.6% |
| 2023/24 | 64.2 | 80.6% |

Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.

## Staff

| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 79.8 | 16.9 | – | 0 | £54,735 |
| 2024/25 | 75.6 | 18.0 | 7% | 0 | £50,455 |
| 2023/24 | 78.9 | 17.5 | 12% | 0 | £46,909 |
| 2022/23 | 78.8 | 17.4 | 6% | 0 | £44,737 |
| 2021/22 | 77.8 | 17.3 | 16% | 0 | £44,984 |
| 2020/21 | 78.5 | 17.3 | 6% | 0 | £44,545 |

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

## Attendance

| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 4.9% | 0.3% | 10.9% | 0.3% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 0.3% | 10.6% | 1.3% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 0.5% | 10.6% | 1.7% |
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 0.4% | 17.0% | 1.1% |
| 2021/22 | 10.8% | 0.3% | 40.9% | 0.9% |
| 2020/21 | 3.5% | 0.1% | 8.7% | 0.3% |

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

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## Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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